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Interviews/blogs

A timeline

2012

 

 

 

 Hitorie was formed

 

 

 

 12/31 Roomsick Girls Escape

(Mini album released)

2013

 

 

 04/29 Non-Fiction four

(e.p released)

2014

 

 

 01/22 Senseless Wonder

(Single released)

 

2014 - 2015

 

 

 02/19 Imaginary Monofiction

(Mini album released)

 

 

 

 

 11/26 WONDER and WONDER

(album released)

2015

 

 

 

✧ 03/?? Yonezu x wowaka(Hitorie) MUSICA Interview

 

"Yonezu Kenshi and wowaka - Through 2009~2011, a span of about 2 years, they went under the name “Hachi” and “wowaka” as VOCALOID producers, dominating a vast amount of impact and overwhelming popularity. And they didn’t stop there, now they’re challenging the next stage by..."

 

 

 

 07/01 Mono-chrono Entrance

(Mini album released)

 

 

 

 

 11/04 Shutter Doll

(Single released)

 

 

 

 

✧ 11/04 Shutter Doll release interview


"EMTG: When did you write these songs?
wowaka: Immediately after Mono-chrono Entrance. From the rhythm to the melody, I felt like they were a whole new type compared to everything prior, since when I showed the songs to the band. There, everyone told me they liked it..."

 

 

2016

 

 

 02/24 DEEPER

(Album released)

 

2016 - 2017

 

 

✧ 06/19 CUT magazine Interview


"With such tenacity Hitorie are always having concerts, strengthening each other’s muscles and trust, and continue to make funky dance rock songs. Their ninth album DEEPER is a masterpiece that..."

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 12/07 Iki

(album released)

2017

 

 

 

✧ 05/22 Official Blog #18

 

"After just arriving home from ARABAKI Rock Festival last week, and just finishing off JAPAN JAM this week, we had our IKI Tour final. We’ve been performing a lot this year, and we’ll be performing but, before we do anything else..."

 

 

 

✧ 10/22 wowaka’s twitcast

 

I translated all the >BIG< reveals from wowaka’s talk show into bullets, and there’s nothing you can do about it

 

 

 

 12/06 Ai/SOlate

(Mini album released)

 

 

 

 

✧ 12/07 ai/SOlate Meetia Interview

 

"A leader of the vocaloid scene, wowaka, and satan and doggo and the old man who writes the Chikyuu Monogatari manga on this Meetia as well, have been the best rock band ever since 2012. yes, yes" 

 

 

 

✧ 12/?? Skream! Interview

 

"The most prominent out of the new sounding songs, are the two “Loveless” and “Namid[A]me”. They’ve become songs with a taste of club music in them, with an almost warmth they’re so danceable "

 

 

 

✧ 12/06 fromA Interview

 

Meeting the meaningful song that led to the next

 

2018

 

 

 

✧ 01/?? “Gourmet Tokyo” Episode 22

 

"I’ll be in your care. Hello, it’s Yumao. 

 

At last this moment has come, on 2017/12/6 Hitorie released the new mini album “ai/SOlate”! Hitorie’s past, present, and so our ideas for the future, all of it squeezed tight into one album, I think we..."

 

2018

 

 

✧ 01/?? “Gourmet Tokyo” Episode 23

 

"During the mid-February that I’m writing this, I feel like the cold has finally alleviated, or if I say that the biggest cold wave in history is going to get recorded isn’t it, smoothly worrying about that, yet, I normally love the snow so a cold that freezes over and would allow for me to play in the snow is also something I’d also be slightly happy about, that’s the sort of ygarshy I am."

 

 

 

✧ 01/17 LUCKAND Interview

 

They’ve been working as a tag team since Hitorie’s 1st major album WONDER & WONDER, it’s Hitorie’s frontman wowaka and the artist Tetsuya Nagato. Of course the symbolic design of their new album “aisolate” too, and all their past MVs, from the full size ones to the short ones, so many Hitorie’s productions have been directed by Nagato.

 

 

 

✧ 01/18 Spotify Interview (Part 2)

 

 

 

✧ 03/04 wowaka’s twitcast

 

There’s 70+ wowaka fun-facts shoved into one thread, if you ever wanted to get to know the happy glasses boy better.

 

 

 

✧ 05/?? “Gourmet Tokyo” Episode 24

 

"Hello, what’s up It’s Shinoda here this time for Gourmet Tokyo,

 

This column was written on April 16th. 

I failed to present a Tokyo restaurant last time, so with a head so swollen that it was ready to pop I had said “I’ll do it right this time~ Ho~ Where should we go~”. Yet when I was once shamelessly keeping my head down, as I walked down..."

 

 

 

✧ 05/28 nexUs Tour comment translations

 

A new two-man tour with Hitorie has begun! With, androp, go!go!vanillas, FIVE NEW OLD, a flood of circle, Frederic, Buzz Mothers, Village Man’s Store, THE ORAL CIGARETTES, … there’s much curating and much music curing to be had,
If you’re interested in any of those bands’ relationships with Hitorie members, please read their comments to each other below! thank you abababa, 

 

 

 

✧ 07/?? “Gourmet Tokyo” Episode 25

 

"It’s the first Gourmet Tokyo in a while, and wowaka is here to spell it out. How have you all been doing? Thinking about it, we’ve been continuing this article for a long long time now, the four of us have introduced so many different shops and foods" 

 

 

 

✧ 11/?? “Gourmet Tokyo” Episode 27

 

"At the beginning of October we went on a tour that circled to 3 cities gf China.
Following the April shows in Taipei and Shanghai, it was our second time overseas.
Last time, I was surprised by how many people will go wild for us even across the seas, this too further more is by virtue of everyone of our Japanese fans, which made me feel..."

 

 

 

✧ 11/04 Yumao's Q&A

 

 

 11/28 Polaris

(Single released)

 

 

 

 

✧ 11/28 Entertainment Station Interview

 

Summary: POLARIS.

Shorter franker interview. Members discuss some phenomenon of the overseas show, not enough about sunglasses, the miraculous answers that led to a change of creation, yg softness and snarkiness, how they’re always challenging themselves, about Yumao struggles and late night work, each member tells of their particularities in the recordings, and also a small story behind each song.

 

 

 

✧ 11/30 Meetia Polaris Interview

 

Summary: POLARIS.

[First section: Overseas. Opinions on the sensations amidst the live shows. Unexpected differences and song choices, Rie resolution over overseas aspirations. 
Second section: Polaris backstory and Naruto talk. Unique touches and each member impacting the songs in ways of their own conscious volition.
Third section: Strengthening values, wo being indulgent, yg being perceptive, Yuma being caring, SND being SND.
Fourth section: RIVER FOG, CHOCOLATE BUTTERFLY backstory. Style agreements.
Fifth section Nichijou to Chikyuu no Gakubuchi backstory. Is such persistence okay. It turned out great but, okay.]

 

2019

 

 

✧ 01/?? “Gourmet Tokyo” Episode 28

 

"Happy new year.
The final Gourmet Tokyo of the Heisei era, is to be a Shinoda episode.
Nao, this article was written on December 16th.

I was spending the last days of my year lazing around feasting on whatever I would, sighing “Ahh the year is ending huh~~”, when I realized..."

 

2019

 

 

✧ 01/16 Skream! x Baitoru Interview

 

"Hosted by Japan’s largest part-time job info site “Baitoru”, and Skream’s “Intense part-time taaalk!”. Our guest this time are the people who released the new single “Polaris” in 11/28, and who are to release their awaited new album “HOWLS” in 2/27, it’s Hitorie."

 

 

 

 02/27 Howls

(Album released)

 

 

And the story continues being written

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